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The Case of Marilyn Mulero
📻 Episode #155
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Sep 07, 2020
About This Episode
On May 2nd, 1992, Marilyn Mulero was out with a friend and someone whom they had just met, Jackie Montanez, mourning the death of another friend at the hands of the Latin Kings, when they happened to meet 2 members of that very same gang. Montanez’s murderous gang life ambitions put her friends’ lives and…
The Case
On May 2nd, 1992, Marilyn Mulero was out with a friend and someone whom they had just met, Jackie Montanez, mourning the death of another friend at the hands of the Latin Kings, when they happened to meet 2 members of that very same gang. Montanez’s murderous gang life ambitions put her friends’ lives and freedom in jeopardy when they all collided with 2 of Chicago’s most corrupt detectives.
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00:05:55“Speaker 3: sitting across from Maryland and saying, how did you end Speaker 3: up here? And she told me this remarkable story about Speaker 3: how this lawyer who had never handled a case like Speaker 3: this in the past had no training on death penalty litigation, Speaker 3: never negotiated anything with the prosecution, pled her straight up”
00:23:16“Speaker 2: to stay as active as I possibly could back there. Speaker 2: You know, you're not allowed to be with other offenders, Speaker 2: but the people they were back there, so we had Speaker 2: moments to where we were able to come out at Speaker 2: hour at a time or two people at a time.”
00:38:41“Speaker 1: So all I can say is you are a blessing Speaker 1: and it is an honor to be able just to Speaker 1: talk to you and to be a part of your Speaker 1: story in some small way. Speaker 2: Well, I kind of knew that eventually. You know, I've”
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